The tree is in the back garden and we keep it pruned to about 2'5m high and 3m wide at its bushiest each year. Drastic pruning of part of the tree at a time each year or it would be as big as the house ... about 30 years old!

Brunswick figs themselves are really enormous too, so it only took 7 figs for all that jam 😍

I had nearly talked myself out of the tomato jelly, then I found these at The Range for £2.49 each. I know that isn't cheap for jars, but these are kilner with the proper band lids and look sooooo lovely.

I now have plans for some lovely coloured jellies all lined up on a shelf, so started with a green tomato one. It was flavoured with fresh green chilli, plus bay leaves and herbs from the garden. I ran out of time, so it is a green juice in the fridge for now and tastes promisingly tart and savoury to make a good jelly.

My plans are now for a red tomato one with basil, a purple one when the grapes ripen and a pink one when the quinces are ready.

No-one is going to get to eat these of course. I shall just be opening the door and gloating over them

First of my new special jars filled Green tomato and herb jelly spiced with chilli although it has come out a deep amber colour, rather than the green I was expecting. Tastes good though

Next on the list is a red tomato and basil version.

I also made some chili oil and more pickled gerkins. I think we are up to about 4 large jars of these now and I picked another bowlful earlier on. Sunshineband did smile and say they were prolific as she handed me the seeds. She was quite right

Kosher salt is completely pure. I bought mine on amazon with next day free delivery -- easy option. I think you can use sea salt instead

This is essentially true - 'Kosher salt' is a bit of a misnomer and is in fact 'Koshering salt' - i.e. salt that is used in the koshering process. The term 'kosher salt' appears in many of my older North American published cookery books, but has now found its way into mainstream UK publications too. Any pure rock salt, sea salt, or even PVD salt will work just fine. Indeed some brands of coarse salt for water softeners are listed as 'food grade' on the bag and this can be a very cheap source of salt.

Kosher salt is completely pure. I bought mine on amazon with next day free delivery -- easy option. I think you can use sea salt instead

This is essentially true - 'Kosher salt' is a bit of a misnomer and is in fact 'Koshering salt' - i.e. salt that is used in the koshering process. The term 'kosher salt' appears in many of my older North American published cookery books, but has now found its way into mainstream UK publications too. Any pure rock salt, sea salt, or even PVD salt will work just fine. Indeed some brands of coarse salt for water softeners are listed as 'food grade' on the bag and this can be a very cheap source of salt.